timeline:bf:0060-0040
BF 60–40 (2160-2180 AD)
- Efforts to undertake mega-scale geoengineering on Earth cause as many problems as they fix.
- Major colonies established on Luna and Mars; outposts established near Mercury, Venus, and the Belt. Explorers reach Pluto.
- First space elevator on Earth finished. Two others in progress. Space traffic booms.
- Mass driver built on Luna.
- Terraforming of Mars begins.
- Fusion power developed and working plants established.
- Genetic enhancements, gene therapies (for longevity), and cybernetic implants become available to the wealthy and powerful.
- First non-autonomous AIs are secretly developed and quickly put to use in research and netwar.
- Experience playback (XP) technology developed and put into public use.
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